In Context

7 The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge: fools despise wisdom and instruction.

8 Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;

9 for they shall be a garland of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.

10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent not.

11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;

12 let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, and whole, as those that go down into the pit;

Proverbs 1:10 in Other Translations